I definitely had hurdles to overcome. It was no simple matter to reselect my kitchenware and to trash the expensive stuff contributing to my formerly ill health, to update my concept of nutritious food and my shopping habits.

But my life depended on those changes. Motivation became my middle name, so to speak!

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Imagine the joy of ending too many doctor visits, colds, bouts of weakness or lightheadedness simply because you sip on water instead of body/health destroying sugary drinks.

Imagine growing wealthier because you take fewer sick days off from work. Gosh, what can you do with the money you'll earn from more full workdays on your paychecks?

Count the improvements you'll accrue by ridding your diet of excess sugar: increased energy, more clear-headed thinking, glowing skin, easier trips when going to the toilet (huh? You didn't know that excess sugar can make you constipated?).

Golly. All you have to do to improve your health THIS MUCH

is to drink more water. So simple.

Here's an important tip on how to succeed with your new water-drinking habit: Make your lifestyle change slowly, not in one big gulp. Add more pure water to your menu gradually, over time.

Yes, you'll need more trips to the toilet, but guess what'll be pouring out of you? Internal junk.

Water cleans your entire body up.

Add one more glass of water to your tummy today. Add another one tomorrow. Keep adding more glasses of water (or unsweetened tea) as you can tolerate them. Making too sudden a change can backfire. Go slow and steady. Easy does it.

Oh? Did you know that wrinkles are less noticeable

in skin plumped up by refreshing water?

One more item: I've warned you MANY times about cell phone hazards to your health, and that of your children. Here's more proof about the integrity of my concerns:

The quick explanation of the above is this: In the past 20 years, the number of American adults who drink sugar-sweetened beverages (sweetened tea, soft drinks, fruit drinks and punches) increased dramatically, according to researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (I'm sure that people in other countries are in competition for meeting or beating those statistics).

Assistant professor with the Bloomberg School Department of Health Policy and Management Sara N. Bleich, PhD, lead author of the study, explains that "From 1988 to 2004, the percentage of sugar-sweetened beverage drinkers increased five percent. Per capita consumption of energy from sugar-sweetened beverages increased 46 kilocalories (kcal) per day, and daily sugar-sweetened beverage consumption among drinkers increased 6 ounces per day."

The consequences of the choice to drink that junk?

THIS: People in various ethnic groups and of many ages became malnourished. Some are now borderline diabetics facing possible kidney failure, amputations of feet, legs, toes, fingers or hands.

True, the poor quality of their mealtimes probably also affects those folks. Anyone who downs that much sugar is not likely to be dining on highly nutritious meals.

The story becomes worse. VERY scary: Nearly 13 percent of US adults age 20 and older have diabetes. 40 percent of them have not been diagnosed, according to epidemiologists from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Diabetes is especially common in the elderly: nearly one-third of those age 65 and older have it. Another 30 percent of adults have pre-diabetes, a condition marked by elevated blood sugar that is not yet in the diabetic range. The researchers report these findings in the February 2009 issue of Diabetes Care

About 20 percent of young adults drink sugar-sweetened beverage calories at work. The percentage of sugar-sweetened beverage drinkers and per capita consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages was highest among blacks followed by Mexican Americans.

Want to be wiser about making choices with your beverages?

Drink water or tea and sip smarter!

Know that 79% of your blood IS water!

Older adults have MUCH less water in their bodies than younger people. They need to drink more water than they're used to swallowing.

Everyone can benefit by drinking water before they feel thirsty. Make water-sipping a new habit.

Monday, January 26, 2009

Ladies, this post is for you, too. Find your inner heroines as the guys find their inner heroes.

As we go through our medical crises, willingly or unwillingly, we might marvel at the inner strengths and capabilities we'd never known we had until the moment of truth.

My book and Self-Help Coaching work are, in part, based on helping you to realize the heroism you may have failed to notice in yourself. And partly based on helping you to become heroic to the best of your abilities.One of the people who gave a hearty recommendation to my book did so because he benefited from it. Renowned writer, teacher and phenomenal person, Dr. Rahamim Melamed-Cohen is that captivating man. Get some insight into the depth of his character, and how much a person can grow by facing a medical crisis head-on. Click on a brief look at his life, The Hero Within.

I hope that now you'll appreciate the words he wrote for the back cover of my book:

"It's MY Crisis And I'll Cry If I Need To"

is very interesting and useful.

It can help people with emotional difficulties.

I have ALS disease, and

I found much of Yocheved's advice useful.

I recommend that everyone,including healthy people,

read this book in order to increase

the quality of their lives."

Dr. Rahamim Melamed-CohenJerusalem, Israel

Find out why Dr. Melamed-Cohen gave such a high recommendation to my Life Book that Helps You to Dry Your Tears and to Cope with a Medical Challenge as you read it yourself.

Thursday, January 22, 2009

BAD news in the healthcare department. President Obama's proposed changes to the American economy threaten the free market that made the USA the Super Power it once was. That power is dwindling fast during a global economic freefall. Each American's personal power will shrivel with the USA's if Obama nationalizes the US banking system (as he intends to do) while rearranging private-sector priorities.

One of those very key private-sector priorities is HEALTH INSURANCE!

As in YOURS!

You might not be allowedto make your own healthcare choices during Obama's administration.

Yup, you glommed on to that paragraph about endangered health care from the simplest of levels to the most complicated (i.e., expensive) levels as I did. Let's review it one more time:

"But it is the healthcare system that will experience the most dramatic and traumatic of changes. The current debate between erecting a Medicare-like governmental single payer or channeling coverage through private insurance misses the essential point. Without a lot more doctors, nurses, clinics, equipment and hospital beds, health resources will be strained to the breaking point. The people and equipment that now serve 250 million Americans and largely neglect all but the emergency needs of the other 50 million will now have to serve everyone. And, as government imposes ever more Draconian price controls and income limits on doctors, the supply of practitioners and equipment will decline as the demand escalates. Price increases will be out of the question, so the government will impose healthcare rationing, denying the older and sicker among us the care they need and even barring them from paying for it themselves. (Rationing based on income and price will be seen as immoral.)"

My advice?I suggest that you buy my book (politicking is not my thing. I suggest that you PRAY!).

Yes, Americans will have to find out, all on your own, how to get the best possible healthcare for yourself and for your loved ones. The new American president will be limiting how much healthcare you'll be permitted to receive under his auspices.

Read newspapers.

Speak with healthcare professionals (WOW are they at risk for losing options about how to help you. Plus, their lowered incomes and higher malpractice insurance rates will make providing excellent health care to you even harder! They won't be able to afford to stay in business).

Listen to Talk Radio. The hosts of every political persuasion are discussing the looming health insurance crisis.

As if medical problems weren't difficult enough.

Praying for your safety and good health,

Yojeved GolaniCoping with a Medical Crisis?Make the Changes You Need in Your Life

Whew, life's getting so much more interesting these days. I'm happy to report that this is a positive development.

Rick Frishman is one of those knowledegable people in the book marketing field. He mentioned something in his "Author 101" update yesterday that stood out for me. I E-mailed Rick about it. Here's what I wrote:

Rick, my attention peaked when I read this remark in your update: "In recent years, segments of society have become powerful new markets, with the two most notable being the Christian and the Hispanic/Latino markets. Substantial markets also exist for Catholic, Jewish, Islamic, Buddhist, New Age Spirituality, and other groups. In addition, a number of other markets exist within these individual groups."

Check out my blog, which publicizes my very spiritual book about how to cope with medical crises (they're sweeping the world these days). The blurb atop my blog echoes your sentiments in that quote which stood out for me.

The "Resources" section of my book has information for Latinos, people of other ethnic groups, and general humanity. Rabbis, a Christian minister and an NIH researcher gave their hearty endorsements to my book. You and everybody else can read them on the back cover of my book.

There you go, readers. I invite you to read my book and give me YOUR feedback about it's universal spirituality.

Want to buy and read my It's MY Crisis! And I'll Cry if I Need To?

Click on Yocheved's Publisher to receive it quickly. Find out why it's A Life Book that Helps You to Dry Your Tears and to Cope with a Medical Challenge.

To your good health,

Yojeved GolaniCoping with a Medical Crisis?Make the Changes You Need in Your Life

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

A few people contacted me about that "I'm well" message in yesterday's post.

"Don't you still have double vision and other visual problems?" they want to know. "Aren't you still having balance and other health problems?"

Answer: YES, I still have double vision and so many other complicating factors with my sight that I plan to pursue a new course of vision therapy in the near future (I definitely want to prevent more fractures from my unexpected falls!).

As the American neuroopthalmologist who examined me a month ago put it, "Gee, it's amazing you see anything at all considering the damage you've had from that brain tumor and surgery! Your structures are a wreck!" He listed so many complications with my vision in his findings that I had to practice some relaxation techniques after hearing about them.

I continue to lose my balance without warning, and I struggle to see my monitor let alone a printed page in a book. Though I need to perform all of my physical therapy exercises daily so that I can prevent other problems, I persevere with that mantra I wrote at the end of my book.

How else am I coping with the remnants of my medical crisis? I correct typing mistakes and other errors (again and again) after I've "published" one of these blog posts, happy that I can correct my mistakes even though it's a s-l-o-www process.

At other times in my life I cry from frustration and the limitations I want to overcome. Then I refocus on what's going right, NOT on what's going kerflooey.

My neurosurgeon calls my recovery "Amazing."

Why the amazement? Because my medical team expected me to deteriorate further even after the tumor, then killing me, had been removed. It had caused extensive damage to basic structures. Surgery had unavoidably nicked me in dangerous places, but we knew going into the process that it was a sacrifice I was willing to endure so I could remain alive.

I'm dedicated to using my natural foods and other healing techniques because they're clearly helping me not to deteriorate further. They seem to be the reason for my increasing health and my disarming appearance. "You look a LOT better than you feel," remarked someone on my new American medical team. He had studied the results of my physical and vision exams, then sighed "How do you do it? I'm surprised you can walk!"

Read my book and find out.

Answers are there formedical professionals and for the rest of humanity.

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

I've been reflecting on compliments I've received since returning from the USA. People keep remarking how "Well" and how "Young" I look, despite rigorous international travel, despite that messy cold I caught from bitterly cold weather conditions (my body isn't accustomed to such low temperatures), AND despite my age (I became old enough to vote long, long ago).

My conclusion: I look so well becauseI AM (increasingly) WELL!

Unlike so many other (overweight and sickly) people guzzling nutrition-challenged sodas, sugared juices filled with preservatives and swallowing food lacking the full compliment of minerals and vitamins nature could have provided, I ingest pure nutrition.

My organic foodstuffs (including pure juices and water) nourish me so much that my bodily defenses are in far better shape than those of many peers.

That vitality, minerals and all, goes efficiently into my blood, skin and muscles because I don't destroy it with too-high heat from overcooking. My cooked foods rest on low heat instead of boiling away their building blocks for a healthy life.

Most of my meals are raw fruit or vegetable salads. I don't ruin the vitality of my meals by drinking chemically-laden water processed by local water treatment programs. I sip pure water. I tend to my composted, organic garden with rain water and nutrient-packed ocean water.

Ocean water and pure foods seem to put up a winning fight against a monster that the medical world only recently recognized: Nanobacteria. They sicken living creatures.

Why don't conventional antibiotics and other medications remove nanobacteria from our bodies? They protect themselves in a sort of "shell" that seems immune to a drugstore's chemical warfare.

Hmmm, if you've read those articles, you now know that the theories about nanobes and nanobacterium are leading to increasing amounts of serious study. Stay tuned for further developments.

Meanwhile...

1. Fill up on nutritious FOOD as I do. Eat genuine food, drink pure water, and dump those vitality-challenged and highly processed "vitamin" pills in your kitchen cupboards. They can't help you in the way good food can (check out how popular raw foodism has become. See Taste Raw-food advocates add a dash of imagination to their cuisine).

Monday, January 19, 2009

NASA's Glenn Research Center recently informed the world of one terrific application of space research: improving your sight!

A compact fiber-optic probe developed for research purposes in outer space turns out to be valuable as a non-invasive early detection device for cataracts, too. The newly recognized laser light technique is called dynamic light scattering (DLS).

How important is this news? Cataracts are the leading cause of vision loss worldwide.

Hmm, now that we humans will be able to see better for a longer part of our lifetimes, it's going to be more fun to watch the pictures that result from a forthcoming three year mission to Mars.

Sunday, January 18, 2009

News updates about unusally cold condtions around the world are cause for concern.

Older people and ill people with lower levels of physical defenses and protections require more precautionary measures for staying warm and safe.

Everyone else would do well to follow the advice below (italics and illustrations mine), too:

U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesNATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH NIH NewsNational Institute on Aging (NIA) For Immediate Release: Friday, January 16, 2009

HYPOTHERMIA: A COLD WEATHER RISK FOR OLDER PEOPLE

Almost everyone knows about winter dangers such as broken bones from falls on icy steps, sidewalks or streets. But cold weather also can cause an important, less obvious danger that can affect older people. Older adults are especially vulnerable to hypothermia, which can be deadly if not treated quickly. The National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has some advice to help older people avoid hypothermia.

Hypothermia occurs when a person's body temperature drops below normal and stays low for a prolonged period of time. With advancing age, the body's ability to endure long periods of exposure to cold is lowered.

Older people also are at risk for hypothermia because their body's response to cold can be diminished by certain illnesses such as diabetes and some medicines, including over-the-counter cold remedies. In addition, older adults may be less active and generate less body heat. As a result, they can develop hypothermia even after exposure to relatively mild cold weather or a small drop in temperature.

The best way to identify someone with hypothermia is to look for confusion or sleepiness, slowed or slurred speech, shivering or stiffness in the arms and legs, weak pulse or low blood pressure, poor control over body movements or slow reactions. If you suspect that someone is suffering from the cold and you have a thermometer available, take his or her temperature. If it's 96 degrees or lower, call 911 for emergency help.

The NIA has information to help you prevent hypothermia. Here are a few tips:

-- Wear several layers of loose clothing when it is cold. The layers will trap warm air between them. Tight clothing can keep blood from flowing freely and lead to loss of body heat.

-- Wear a hat, scarf, gloves or mittens, and warm clothes when you go outside in cold weather. A significant amount of your body heat can be lost through your head, and hands and feet are the first body parts to get cold.

-- To keep warm at home, wear long underwear under your clothes, along with socks and slippers. Use a blanket or afghan to keep legs and shoulders warm and wear a hat or cap indoors.

-- Make sure your home is warm enough. Set your thermostat to at least 68 to 70 degrees. Even mildly cool homes with temperatures from 60 to 65 degrees can trigger hypothermia in older people.

-- Check with your doctor to see if any medications (prescription or over the counter) you are taking may increase your risk for hypothermia.

Because heating costs are high, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has funds to help low-income families pay their heating bills. For more information, contact the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (1-866-674-6327) or the Eldercare Locator (1-800-677-1116).

The NIA has free information about hypothermia. To order the fact sheet, Hypothermia: A Cold Weather Hazard, or the brochure, Stay Safe in Cold Weather, call toll free 1-800-222-2225. Hipotermia: El Peligro de las Bajas Temperaturas is also available. These and other free publications on healthy aging can be downloaded from the NIA Web site

The NIA leads the federal effort supporting and conducting research on aging and the medical, social and behavioral issues of older people. For more information on research and aging, go to .

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) -- The Nation's Medical Research Agency -- includes 27 Institutes and Centers and is a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It is the primary federal agency for conducting and supporting basic, clinical and translational medical research, and it investigates the causes, treatments, and cures for both common and rare diseases. For more information about NIH and its programs, visit http://www.nih.gov/.

Here's one more tip from me: Bake, roast or cook warm foods to heat your body and kitchen but DO NOT use your oven to heat your home. The dangers of doing that (e.g., uncontrollable fire, carbon monoxide poisoning, scorched children) are severe.

The audience asked terrific questions, discovered answers and coping strategies they found satisfying

and bought signed copies of my book.

I spent significant time in discreet 1:1 conversations after the event because some participants needed privacy to pour out their difficult medical stories and to let me respond appropriately to their challenges.

My dear friends who've let me use their PC while I'm in town are fellow Israelis living temporarily in the USA.

I learned during my stay, to my BIG surprise, that one of their children is in serious need of coping strategiesfor his medical situation.

I flipped open the Resources section of my book as the parents watched, and circled paragraphs relevant to the child's needs and those of his family.

Everybody was in shock to learn from me and my book that many of the FREE services that can help them are available in their own state!

My US visit is over. It has taken a toll on me physically and emotionally. I've suffered a severe cold from wintery American weather and stumbled several times while making my way to and from airports, homes and public venues. The danger that falling presents to me (more fractures) caused me to cancel some appearances. My eyes and optic nerves are still healing, and I simply lose my balance now and then despite my best efforts to remain upright. I even became dizzier than usual during last night's presentation (my visual problems cause me to feel dizzy almost 24/7. When it worsens I'm in real trouble!)

I plan to return to my beloved Israel soon. Look for the video of last night's event, to be posted on this blog as soon as possible.

To your continued coping efforts and increasing health,

Yojeved GolaniCoping with a Medical Crisis?Make the Changes You Need in Your Life

No matter where you live or how young/old you are, this book teaches you how to calm down plus how to minimize, even end, the confusion and chaos of illness.

Read the Global Resources section to learn of cost-cutting organizations willing to pay part or all of your specific medical expenses. EMPOWER Yourself helps you to get your grin back despite illness or disability.

Those worldwide organizations are willing to pay for part or all of an applicant's medical care, medication, medical appliances, and other medical needs. The coverage applies to medical, disability plus mental health care.

Need air transport to a medical site? Covered.

Latinos with liver disease? Covered.

Can't afford necessary exams and hospital stays? Covered.

Need a modest hospital gown so your buttocks aren't on display for everyone to see? Covered.

Learn how to communicate more effectively with medical professionals on pages 55 - 58.

Make your needs clear to healthcare pros, family and friends – including annoying visitors! Pages 59 & 66-69 let you know what to do. Be sure to read the part entitled "Walk a Mile in My Shoes" aloud to them.

Limited somehow by your medical situation? You'll be stronger – perhaps wealthier - after learning what to tell (and when) to potential employers in Chapter 12, "Employment with a Disability."

Find out how to lower your costs in the Global Resources section at the back of the book.

About Me and The Books I Wrote to Help YOU

My name is Yocheved Golani. A former Health Information Management professional certified in Counseling Skills and Spiritual Chaplaincy, I'm repairing the "Patients are Clueless and Powerless" status quo of medical care. The Internet isn't enough for finding medical information to save or improve your life. You need facts, not rumors or false leads.
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It's My Crisis and I'll Cry if I Need To offers practical, powerful, and creative tools to empower anyone undergoing a medical crisis. Learn what to say to unpleasant people (relatives and medical staff included), and how to get them on your side!

"It's MY Crisis! And I'll Cry If I Need To: EMPOWER Yourself to Cope with a Medical Challenge" teaches you what to say if people make fun of you for crying in fear or shame at your diagnosis, and what to do if people behave rudely to you in the hospital.

The E-book or paperback hold lots of fun things to do for feeling better about yourself. Tips on how to organize your suitcase and self for going to the hospital and even for keeping your medical and insurance papers can keep you worry-free.

SAVE MONEY! The back of the book tells you how to get freeor low-cost First Quality Medical Care, Medication, Medical Appliances, Medical Transport and MORE.

EMPOWER Yourself validates your need to cry over your medical crisis then EMPOWERS you to cope with it. Share what you learn with friends, loved ones, & your medical team. Make yourself happier by reading this book.

The first edition was a hit! It's been #2 on the Musella site since Nov. 2 2008! The Updated Edition is going strong.

Reviews of "It's MY Crisis! And I'll Cry if I Need To"

I loved your book! I gave it to many friends of mine. Arlene Abrams of Trixie & Janewww.trixieandjane.com

"I received EMPOWER Yourself to Cope with a Medical Challenge one week after I suffered my own medical crisis and found it very helpful. [It] will be of great benefit both in dealing with the fragile emotional health of sick patients and the stressful situation of the patient's caregiver… [with] very practical comprehensive information for dealing with a health-related crisis that is so seldom available to someone who is ill and preoccupied with their own troubles.

Ill people are often compromised and often don't know where to look for guidance. Putting so much useful information at their fingertips will help them navigate the difficulties of a confusing medical system. Combined with [the author's] encouragement to never give up hope, the book will be of great aid to anyone with a sudden serious medical emergency." - Daniel Eisenberg, MD, Department of Radiology at the Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia, PA; Assistant Professor of Diagnostic Imaging at Thomas Jefferson University School of Medicine; Medical Ethicisthttp://www.daneisenberg.com/

"… a powerful 'can-do' message to those most in need of it …It could save your life or the life of your loved one. This combination of positive attitude and positive action makes this guide useful and complete. Its lessons extend far beyond the medical sphere to life challenges whatever they may be: lessons we can't afford to ignore." – Life Coach Y. Ives, England

“I’ve given Yocheved’s book to therapists and to several patients on chemotherapy. They found it very helpful.” - Abraham J. Twerski, M.D., Gateways Addiction Rehabilitation Founder and Therapist

"... This life-saving workbook will help you direct your thoughts in positive, constructive ways that will make a big difference for you and your loved one. It's a lantern in a dark night from someone who's 'been there, done that.' And if you follow its suggestions, you'll likely come through the crisis better, not bitter. It's filled with wonderful ideas." Robin L. Silverman, Fullistic Living(TM) Fortune 500 Motivational Speaker

"Through her inspiring honesty, courage and strength, Yocheved shows us how the importance of a positive attitude and will to live are both essential to healing and recovery through all of life's challenges." - D. Topolosky, Psychologist

"... The inspiration and determination of this woman through positive reinforcement and amazing faith has made her a medical miracle and a wonderful example to us all. It's a must read for all!" - Renee Crowell

"… this insightful and uplifting book guides us to confront illness in a multi-modal fashion... using all resources at our disposal—humor, creating a positive emotional environment, self-nurturing, friends, outside resources, medical and alternative practitioners—to fight illness.

"Yocheved Golani gives excellent advice on how we can build and preserve good morale, get help when we need it, stay organized with appointments, medication, bills, etc., prepare for hospitalization, focus on our blessings and healing.… this book gives Resources... contact information about organizations and treatment centers that deal with specific medical problems... that most people wouldn't know how to find, including compassionate clowns, services for blind people, where to get free medical care and medications, and where to enroll in clinical trials.

"A truly amazing and uplifting story - the book, is a must have manual, not only if you're going through a crisis - but gives strength to everyone, seeing how 1 woman, is so brave and so clear about where her Blessings come from - Hashem. Buy the book, read it, and buy it for a friend, you'll be glad you did. " - SH

IT'S HARD TO COPE The pressure's on. We want to be heroes at saving our own lives, or somebody else wants us to be heroic. [But] we feel like quitting this scary situation. As the mental pressure builds, our minds sort of explode. We might start asking "Why is this happening to me?" We don't ask that question because we necessarily want answers… The question is really about accusing GOD of having made a mistake- a BIG mistake. We don't believe we deserve the troubles and pain that we're in... it can make a suffering person feel infuriated. That can lead to a sense of guilt. [You need to realize that] acceptance is a process. Normal people need time to come to grips with their medical crisis… Asking "Why ME?" [could mean] "How can I get out of this situation?" … What if you're afraid that you DESERVE this medical crisis? I have two user-friendly responses to those questions…

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"... This comprehensive book helps individuals navigate the medical system... when dealing with medical crises for oneself or for a family member. There is an abundance of resources, including special doctors, listed toward the end of the book." - Laurie Sussman"I just heard you on the radio. I can honestly say that you were amazing and very inspiring." - Sara Dina GolemboNOVEMBER 11 2007 : "I had the privilege of having Yocheved speak [in my] home yesterday. If you have not had the opportunity to hear her amazing story and read her new book, you are truly missing out. It is a life-changing experience. One that I am very grateful to have had... Do yourself a favor and let Yocheved's experience change your life!" Renee Crowell

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Energize! Organize! Achieve your goals.A patient-empowering coach, I can help you to cope with the stresses of illness and more. Get your grin back with Giveret Golani Self-Help Coaching.

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Hire Me to help you to tame the bureaucratic chaos, rollercoaster emotions and other stresses associated with illness.To your coping successes,Yocheved Golani Author, Self-Help Coach

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MEETING GOALS. PLANNING STRATEGIES.

TIME and ORGANIZATION MANAGEMENT.

IMPROVING YOUR HEALTH .

COPING with EMOTIONAL and PHYSICAL STRESS.

Conventional therapy focuses on the past. My Self-Help Coaching focuses on your present and more importantly, on your future!

We'll work together to identify and to build on your existing strengths. You can use ensuing insights into achieving productive goals.

Giveret Golani Self Help Coaching is based on using the TOOLS that work for an individual client. The GOALS of Giveret Golani Life Coaching are to assist you in making desired transitions in your personal lives, enabling you to increase your self-esteem and to make more and ever-greater accomplishments. We'll focus on your future and on getting better results than you've experienced in the past.

Listen to how a recent client praised my work: "...I just wanted to let people know about a great resource I discovered. She does life / self-actualization coaching, among many other things. She's written several books, please take a look at the links below. She has very deep wisdom from life experience, and a great deal of practical sense. She specializes in coping with serious illness, but she works with all kinds of issues, as well. I had a great session with her today where she took a heap of ungrounded aspirations (eg., I want to write / get my ideas out into the world....somehow) and, in an hour and a half, turned them into a viable,workable action plan I could get started on and feel good about right away (a timeline and lots of practical sugestions to focus my energy on an attainable goal..."

You won't get lectures from me about what to do with your life. We'll explore that topic together! I'll listen to the goals you want to reach, ask lots of clarifying questions, then work with you to achieve your goals. You set the pace, I help you to keep going and to reach your destination.

The information and ideas in my Self Help Coaching work, in this blog and in my book are not intended to replace personal advice from licensed physicians, and they do not constitute a doctor-patient or therapist-client relationship. Information in the above-mentioned resources is provided for informational purposes only. It is not a substitute for professional medical advice, nor a substitute for diagnosing or treating an emotional, mental, or medical condition. You need to consult board certified medical and mental health professionals in all matters relating to your health, and for suspected symptoms of illness requiring diagnosis or medical attention (including simple first aid). For spiritual matters, consult sensibly behaved clergy who demonstrate complete respect for your wellbeing. Your actions, based on information culled from my resource materials, are at your own responsibility and discretion. Yocheved Golani and Booklocker.com are not liable for any direct or indirect claim, loss or damage resulting from use of my book or blog and/or any media materials including web site(s) and blogs linked to/from it.

"This has such powerful life changing tools that it is amazing that it fits in one book. Really powerful insights that can improve so many situations even without an illness in the family. Great Work! A must read for anybody who really wants a better life!" Robert Hunds Oct 1 2009 (he found it via the flipping BookBuzzr below. It appears on my E-mail)

"I read thru most of Yocheved Golani's book. Of course I found it almost personalized so I treat it as a resource guide.I will undoubdedly re-read after I get an overview but it is a great read and she is obviously quite a woman." - James Owen (Tzadok Osher) Herlands

"... a helpful, informative text that can bring hope, help and humor to someone experiencing a medical crisis." - Dr. Lisa Aiken, Psychologist

"INSPIRATIONAL!!!" - R. Grund

"It is good. I added it as a recommended book to our book list." - Al Musella, The Musella Foundation For Brain Tumor Research & Information

Share the book with friends and loved ones, medical and mental health professionals, or read it alone. Start relaxing with the very first page. It’s MY Crisis!can solve or prevent MANY problems for you or your loved ones.

"The workbook is very good! We're glad we had you speak for our clients and supporters." Karen Traub, co-founder Jewish Caring Network

“Friends of ours have a young child recently diagnosed with Muscular Dystrophy (currently a terminal diagnosis). I assisted them with [It's MY Crisis! And I'll Cry if I Need To]... It enabled them to face their challenge with strength.” Psychotherapist Jonathan Dove, UK

"It's MY Crisis! And I'll Cry If I Need To is very interesting and useful. It can help people with emotional difficulties. I have ALS disease, and I found much of Yocheved's advice useful. I have implemented it in my life. I recommend that everyone, including healthy people, read this book in order to increase the quality of their lives." Dr. Rahamim Melamed-Cohen, Former National Supervisor of Educational Programming for Israel's Department of Education - Jerusalem, Israel

"... Yocheved Golani has created a wonderful resource for those going through... life crises. Written with hopefulness, optimism... Yocheved’s book inspires and guides us to meet our own challenges with strength, determination, resilience, and faith." Shiela Strauss, Ph.D., Public Health Researcher USA

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The FIRST EDITION of It's MY Crisis! And I’ll Cry if I Need To truly is "A Life Book that Helps You to Dry Your Tears and to Cope with a Medical Challenge."

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